more from the awesomest well speech on record. and if the nsa stored the information it gathers, it would probably be the side of texas. yes, new info on just how much internet traffic they actually collect. hint, it's a lot. we also know more this morning on who is behind that school shooting in georgia and why he wanted a local news crew on the scene. thankfully we can tell you no one was hurt. this is "way too early". good morning, everybody. it's wednesday, august 21. an a. absolute of great stuff in the world of baseball. we'll have it for you in supports. a dramatic walk to some walkoffs. and in the cooler, yes, hasselhoff makes his first appearance in the post-willie geist era and conspiracy surrounding the double stuffed oreo. but we begin with serious news,

revelations about the nsa surveillance programs. the agency has the ability to monitor up to 75% of all u.s. internet traffic. i mean, that is just incredible. 75% of my traffic to steal a joke from one of our producers is a lot. imagine that from the entire country. it can retain written content in e-mails and filtering domestic phone calls made over the web. meanwhile nbc news reports the nsa still doesn't know exactly how much information edward snowden took from the agency saying officials are, quote, overwhelmed while trying to assess the damage. snowden's leaks have also raised a question of how the media investigates and reports on the intelligence community. the guardian's glenn greenwald spoke about that last night. >> all the best reporting over the last 40 years involves journalists having classified information. the pentagon papers, illegal

warrantless eavesdropping program. if you want to start criminalizing that, it means you're asking as a citizen to be kept ignorant and to allow people in power to conceal what they're coming behind a wall of secrecy and to have no accountability or transparency. journalism is not a crime and it is not terrorism. >> meanwhile bradley manning's fate rests in a judge's decision. the 25-year-old faces up to 90 years in prison for his role in leaking information to wikileaks. manning's defense team pleaded with the judge asking that they not, quote, rob him of his youth. but military lawyers fought back saying this is the largest leak of confidential materials in american history and he should spend the majority of his remaining life in custody. sentencing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. eastern time. now the latest there egypt where u.s. officials are trying to determine the fate of our relationship with that troubled country. the white house is strongly denying a report by the daily beast that the administration has already suspended financial

assistance to the egyptian government saying no specific decisions have yet been made. meanwhile in today's "new york times," the paper says the egyptian military is facing a, quote, serious long term problem if the united states cuts the $1.3 billion in aid which would effectively block the egyptians from buying american weapons. so even if the saudis interject with the money, we won't get to buy our weapons and military stuff. that man, hosni mubarak, a court will review a petition from him which will determine whether or not the former president of egypt will be released from prison. lawyers expect a decision this afternoon. turning now to the boston bombing case, newly unsealed court documents are revealing the extent of tsarnaev's injuries. the trauma surgeon who treated tsarnaev says he suffered multiple gunshot wounds including a bullet to his face. the surgeon says it fractured his skull and did, quote,

significant soft tissue damage. the report also notes the 20-year-old was bleeding from several other injuries. tsarnaev pleaded not guilty and is being held in a federal medical center in massachusetts. and at legal case, the prosecution has rested in the court marshall of army major nidal hasan. 90 witnesses took the stand over 11 days identifying him as the gunman who opened fire at the texas military base that killed 13 people and wounded more than 30. hasan, a military psychiatrist who is representing himself in the case, is scheduled to begin presenting his defense today. but there are reports that he might not the offer any defense at all. a move that could possibly lead to the death penalty. police in georgia have made an are arrest a and are questioning a man they believe opened fire at an elementary school in the atlanta metro area. 20-year-old michael brandon hill is accused of firing at least

half a dozen shots with an ak-47. police believe hill entered the school by slipping behind someone who had access to the building's locked doors. he also reportedly made a school employee call a local television station demanding a crew to, quote, start filming as police die. the school hasn't an enrollment of over 800 students from pre-k to fifth grade. thankfully no injuries were reported. the suspect faces several charges including aggravated as suggest, making terrorist threats, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. now, obviously a lot of pretty disturbing news today. if that one didn't disit turn you, this one most certainly will. three teens have been accused of killing an australian man attending ap-oklahoma college on a baseball scholarship. their motive, the teens were reportedly bored. and decided to kill someone for the fun of it.

oklahoma police chief danny ford said, quote, as was stated by the 17-year-old, we were bored, we had nothing to do, we decided to kill somebody. chance city lieu in a, james edwards are charged with first grew murder. and michael jones, 17, was charged with using a vehicle in the discharge of a weapon.murde. and michael jones, 17, was charged with using a vehicle in the discharge of a weapon. and accessory after the fact. former australian deputy prime minister tim fisher urging australian tourists to boycott the united states to extend a message about gun control. health care costs are rising in america, but not by as much as you might expect. a new survey finds the average annual premium for a family in the u.s. rose just 4% to over $16,000. that figure is low compared to a decade ago. not in terms of the dollar amounts, but the percentage increases were around 10%. still compared to the modest rise in wages and inflation, the

cost of health care obviously still significantly higher. the study also suggested obamacare is not linked to a rise in insurance costs. now to business where the federal reserve will release minutes from its latest policy meeting. en vethey will look for any indication that the central bank will begin drawing down its bond buying program.n they will look indication that the central bank will begin drawing down its bond buying program. they will look indication that the central bank will begin drawing down its bond buying program.they will look f indication that the central bank will begin drawing down its bond buying program. the dow logged its fifth day of losses, but the nasdaq and s&p did eek out modest gains. let's go to karen cho for more. >> good morning. the federal reserve also in focus for another reason. it's about to outline its rules around interchange fees. these are the swipe fees that the banks charge merchants every time a debit card is used. and basically recently a u.s. district judge ruled the fed had overstepped its mandate on this, basically a whole group of merchants argued the ceiling was higher than what many had paid

recently. in other news, al jazeera america which went live on tuesday is now suing at&t after at&t made a last minute decision to switch up the signal. it has about 5 million possible users. so al jazeera america is suing on the back of that. >> all right. thank you very much. and kodak, i did a few stories on them when they were filing for bankruptcy. we haven't heard much about them. is there news to report on that company? >> such an iconic company for consumers. it will emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy now after a last minute restructuring deal. but it will no longer sell anything to consumers. instead it will focus on being a commercial printing company targeting corporate clients. so it will live, but just not in the form that many people know it as. >> karen, thank you very much. hollywood is mourning the loss of an author best known for the movie get shorty. but he actually wrote so many

books. the 87-year-old died due complications from a stroke. he most recently served as executive producer of the drama justified. he may be gone, but the genre he popularized, he started with westerns but really crime stuff is what he's most known for. that lives on forever. so we want to know your favorite crime movie scene of all time. kind of a broad brush. we did some of it with james gandolfini, but we open it up to the entire genre. use #way too criminal. we'll get the best answers always later in the show. still ahead, puig got benched, he got fined, but still managed to get into a game and do some damage. and are you ready for some football? the auditions that helped determine the new performers for sunday night football's theme song. that story and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. the secret is out. hydration is in.

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♪ turn around barry ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ i came watch that every day. i think we have to play that every wednesday. that's awesome. welcome to wednesday. sports. ryan dempster facing a five game suspension for hitting alex rodriguez with a pitch on sunday. joe girardi says the penalty does that match the crime because dempster may not even have to miss a start.

meanwhile girardi was fined for his argument right there with the umpire. in somewhat related news, the woman who calls herself the former mistress of brian cashman says she has juicy information about him. "usa today" reports cashman told her he intentionally misled federal investigators and he knew of clubhouse steroid use by various yankee players and didn't mind as long as nothing came back to the organization. cashman has yet to comment. let's get to the baseball, right? blue jays and yankees, game one of a doubleheader. top third. jays up 4-0. cano changes things pretty quickly. three run shot. he is a star. his 200th career home run. bottom six, chris stewart three run shot. gave the yankees the lead. they would win it 8-4. night cap now, jump to the bottom of the ninth, game tied

at two. jason nix at the plate looking for the sweep. and they get it. man on third. that's a walkoff. they have won three straight. 6 1/2 back in the wild card. this is classic but not. san francisco, giants/red sox tied at two in the bottom of the ninth. that is a walk-off walk. that is just an absolute bummer. what kind of celebration to you do on that one? because it's a walk. but they still come out and do something because it's a win and they haven't won a whole lot. dodgers rookie sensation puig was held out of the starting lineup last night. but he also was fined for being late to the ballpark and he had been hitless in his last 1 is1 bats. but he comes in in the sixth and in the eighth, he hits the go ahead home run and they go on to

win the game 6-4. braves/mets, bottom second, drives one to right center. jason hayward, that's solid. see that again. good thing he didn't have to hit the wall. top six, mccann slice as liner to left. eric young, full extension for the catch. mets go on to win 5-3. kansas city, wild pitch gets past the catcher, but it gets stuck in the sign and disappears. and runners actually advance. i think it should have been like a time-out and everyone should have stayed because it's not the catcher's fault it disappears. any way, white sox win 2-zip. santana hits a long drive to center. tries to rob him of a home run, but the wall robs him of his

glove. he has to jump over himself, get the glove, and come back to the field. this was a slate one, 14 innings. cleveland wins 4-1, the angels frustrations just continue, continue, continue. >> you left out the part pat red sox lost sole possession of first lays. >> by miniscule percentage points. >> not even september yet and already starting to fade. let's and you can about the forecast. highs today will be just like yesterday. 99 in denver by the way. so the heat has returned across the country. and one of the things we'll be dealing with throughout the next week or two is we'll start watching the drought conditions out there. it's starting to get pretty dry. another thing that we saw last night was the beautiful moon out there. if you noticed the full moon last night, they call it a blue moon and this is actually the second full moon of the month and third full moon in the summer season. so that's why they call it a blue moon. not technically blue, just an old wife's tale.

not a lot of weather highlights out there. we're still looking at for the most part gorgeous summertime weather. enjoy it while it lasts because the sun is starting to set earlier. it's coming. >> a little depressing actually. appreciate it, bill. and the dig on the red sox -- >> was necessary. >> duly noted. coming up on "morning joe," the nra is against a national gun registry, but they may be keeping one of their own. we'll break down the new revelation when we come back here, we of course huddle around the cooler and more of that -- you have to stick around for 25, 30 more seconds of this. the best welcome speech i've ever seen down at georgia tech. when you realize you need to switch to verizon, it's a reality check. i had my reality check when i'd be sitting there with my friends who had their verizon phones and i'd be sitting there like "mine's still loading!"

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intensity. what a speech. now, there are some things worth risking your life for and david hasselhoff cardboard cutout may not qualify. an employee the a convenience store was seriously hurt while trying to stop thiefs from stealing two signs featuring the actor. the ads have been a popular target for thieves since the bay watch actor began doing commercials last year. the cutout signs feature hasselhoff hyping iced coffee drinks. police say thief have stolen more than 550 of these signs. what do you expect? bay watch, the knight rider. he's a guy in high demand. some new york high school students may have uncovered something that is absolutely huge. the double stuffed oreos do not actually contain double the stuff. and this is really saddening me. it was part of an experiment to

teach students problem solving en masse. students found there is only 86% more cream in the double stuff. nabisco spokeswoman denied the students' finding saying it does indeed contain double the stuff when compared to the original oreo cookie. hard to argue with high school math students, though. so i'm on their side. they better put more cream in those cookies. finally, carrie under wood will take over the nfl theme song. but there was a serious audition process. we actually have video of that. take a look. >> quiet on the set. >> i'm heidi and i'm here for the audition. >> wooo. >> all right sunday night where are you. >> hey, jack, it's a fact. >> the show and he back in town. >> it always gets nasty --

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